The Implementation of Co-teaching Model in English Department at College of Basic Education: Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives

Abstract

In spite of the growing interest in co-teaching in teacher education programs, there is a paucity of research on its use and effectiveness in the Kurdish context. This paper aims to address this gap by investigating Kurdish EFL teachers’ and students’ perspectives toward implementing co-teaching model in English department in the academic year 2019-2020. To achieve this aim, a focus group interview with 5 teachers was carried out to elicit the required data. As for the students’ perspectives, a questionnaire was used to obtain the data. The data was analysed quantitatively. The study revealed that Kurdish EFL teachers had appositive perspectives toward co-teaching model; furthermore, the teachers also showed approving perspectives toward implementing co-teaching in their department. Hence, co-teaching model can be regarded a promising pedagogical practice for future use.